In the name of God Amen. I Robert Holmes of Tennessee,
Sumner County do make ordain & declare this instrument which is written
with my own hand there of subscribed with my name to be my last Will and
Testament revoking all others: that all my lawful debts is to be paid as
soon as possible, likewise the land that I live on at this time at my death
is to be divided betwixt my two sons, Thomas Holmes and Albert G. Holmes
and Eloners in the divide of the land to clear his building. Striking a line
East & West, the rest of the plantation is to be equally divided between
my two sons only if God calls me out of this world before my wife Margery
Holmes she is to get her living jointaly of the place. She is to have a mare
of her own choosing, likewise two good milk cows of her own choosing, likewise
her kitchen affairs also the household affairs such as bedding & the
like. The other property is to sold & the money reserved for wife as
long as she lives, and at her death she is to divide the property amongst
her children as she thinks proper if God spears her to live longer than me,
this given under my hand & seal day day and year above written as witness
my hand & seal acknowledged before us by R. Holmes as his last Will &
Testament 15th March 1833. Robt. Holmes (Seal)

A. H. Douglass

W. T. McFarland

State of Tennessee, Sumner County Court March Term
1838.

On motion ordered by the Court that Albert Holmes be
appointed administrator of all & singular the goods & chattals rights
& credits of Robert Holmes dec'd and thereupon the said Albert Holmes
with Moses H. Henry his security entered into & acknowledged their bond
to Newton Cannon Governor in the sum of four hundred dollars conditioned
as the law directs, and took the oath of an administrator prescribed by law.